CIHM 

ICIMH 

Microfiche 

Collection  de 

Series 

microfiches 

(Monograplis) 

(monographies) 

Canadian  In&tituta  for  Historical  Microroproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  da  microraproductiont  historiq 


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1996 


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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes  /  Notes  technique  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best  original 
copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this  copy  which 
may  be  bibliographically  unique,  which  may  alter  any  of 
the  images  in  the  reproduction,  or  which  may 
significantly  change  the  usual  method  of  filming  are 
checked  below. 


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Coloured  covers  / 
Couverture  de  couleur 

Covers  damaged  / 
Couverture  endommjgte 

Covers  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
Couverture  restaur^  et/ou  pellicula 

Cover  title  missing  /  Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

Coloured  maps  /  Cartes  g^raphlques  en  couleur 

Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)  / 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations  / 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material  / 
Reli^  avec  d'autres  documents 

Only  edition  available  / 
Seule  edition  disponible 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin  /  La  reliure  serree  peut 
causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la  distorsion  te  long  de 
la  marge  interieure. 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoratkins  may  appear 
within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these  have 
t)een  omitted  from  filming  /  II  se  peut  que  certaines 
pages  blanches  ajout^es  tors  d'une  restauration 
apparaissent  dans  le  texte,  mais,  k>rsque  cela  ^tait 
possible,  ces  pages  n'ont  pas  &6  filmdes. 


Addilk>nal  comments  / 
Commentaires  supplementaires: 


This  ittffl  is  f ilmad  at  the  ritfuetion  ratio  chackad  balow/ 

Cc  dociHiMnt  tst  Uimi  au  Uux  de  riduction  indiqut  ci-dcssous. 


L'institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  examplaire  qu'il  lui  a 
et6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details  de  cet  exem- 
plaire  qui  sont  peut-§tre  uniques  du  point  de  vue  bibli- 
ographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier  une  image  reproduite, 
ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une  modifications  dans  la  meth- 
ods nomriale  de  filmage  sont  indiqu6s  ci-dessous. 

I     [      Coloured  pages/ Pages  de  couleur 

rn      Pages  damaged  /  Pages  endommagees 

I     I      Pages  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
— '      Pages  restaurees  et/ou  pellk:ul6es 

r^r      Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed  / 

Pages  decolorees,  tachetees  ou  piqu^es 

I     I      Pages  detached/ Pages  d6tachees 

F/j      Showthrough  /  Transparence 

I     1      Quality  of  print  varies  / 

' — '      Qualite  inegale  de  I'impresskm 

r~]      Includes  supplementary  material  / 

Comprend  du  materiel  suppi^mentaire 

I  I  Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
— '  slip3,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  ref limed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image  /  Les  pages 
totalement  ou  partiellement  obscurcies  par  un 
feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure,  etc.,  ont  6te  filmees 
d  nouveau  de  fagon  k  obtenir  la  meilleure 
image  possible. 

I  I  Opposing  pages  with  varying  colouration  or 
— '  discolourations  are  filmed  twice  to  ensure  the 
best  possible  image  /  Les  pages  s'opposant 
ayant  des  colorations  variables  ou  des  d^ol- 
orations  sont  filmdes  deux  fois  afin  d'obtenir  la 
meilleur  image  possible. 


10X 

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14X 

18X 

22X 

26  X 

30X 

7 

12X 

1CX 

20X 

24X 

28X 

32  X 

Tha  copy  filmed  h«r«  hat  b««n  rvproducad  thanks 
to  tho  ganarotity  of: 

Stauffer  Library 
Queen's  University 


L'axamplaira  film*  fut  raproduit  grica  A  la 
gAnirositi  da: 

Stauffer  Library 
Queen's  University 


Tha  imagas  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
poatibia  considaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacificationa. 


Laa  imagas  suivantas  ont  At*  raproduitas  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin.  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nanatA  da  l'axamplaira  filmA.  at  *n 
conformitA  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 


Original  copias  in  printad  papar  covars  ara  fllmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  improa- 
sion.  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othor  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
iion,  sad  ending  on  tha  last  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  imprasaion. 


Laa  axamplairas  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  ast  imprimAa  sont  filmAs  an  commandant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
darniAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraasion  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  salon  la  cas.  Tous  las  autras  axemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmAs  en  commenpant  par  la 
pramiAre  paga  qui  comporta  une  empreinte 
d'impreaaion  ou  d'illustration  at  en  terminant  par 
la  darniAra  paga  qui  comporta  une  telle 
empreinte. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  ▼  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Un  dee  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
derniAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — ^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE".  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  retios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  »f  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hend  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  fremes  aa 
required.  The  following  diegrems  illustrate  the 
method: 


Lea  cartea,  planches,  tableaux,  etc..  peuvent  Atra 
filmAs  A  des  taux  de  rAduction  diffArants. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atra 
raproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  il  est  filmA  A  partir 
de  Tangle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droite. 
et  de  haut  en  baa,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'imegea  nAcessaire.  Las  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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"Couldn't  anybody  else  swim?" 

"Yes,  but  I  suppose  they  hadn't 
time." 

"How  long  were  you  in  the  water 
before  they  got  you?" 

"Just  half  an  hour.  You  see  the 
man  in  the  water  grabbed  me  two  or 
three  times,  and  tried  to  drown  me. 
Then  we  were  washed  off  the  ladder 
twice." 

"They  say  you  were  nearly  drowned." 

"That's  true  all  right." 
,  "Did  he  pay  for  his  life?" 

"Not  a  cent.    He  hadn't  a  penny." 

"Would  you  do  it  again  if  you  had 
the  chance?" 
%.      "Of  course  I  wou.d." 

Why?  That  is  the  question.  Why? 
Why  take  so  tremendous  a  risk  "for 
nothing"  ?  After  the  fierce  struggle  was 
^-^  ,  over,  and  the  awful  suspense  relieved, 
1^,  and  the  common  sailor  was  again  on 
board,  they  told  me  that  the  men  who 
had  been  watching  cheered  themselves 
hoarse,  while  the  women  v^ept  for  joy. 
Why?  Again  that  is  the  question. 
The  very  cynic  dare  not  challenge  the 
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or  earthly  philosophy  inspire  it.  Politi- 
cal and  social  economy  might  not  even 
approve  it.  But  every  one  knows  it 
was  right,  and  the  man  himself  who 
risked  his  life  actually  wanted  more 
such  chances.  For  my  part  he  made 
me  feel  jealous.  I  wish  that  his  prize 
might  have  been  mine. 

'■m  ^"*  ^^**  ^^^  *^«  Pnze?  Not  the 
P,f  opportunity,  nor  the  immigrant's  life 
j  ;.',^  nor  any  material  reward.  They  are  all 
l .  J,  passmg  things.  The  prize  was  his  reali- 
^:  zation  that  he  was  needed,  and  the 
:^.,  supplying  of  that  need.  That  is  the 
i>^  S  greatest  prize  in  the  worid.    It  is  eternal. 


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Uur  own  souls  consent  that  the  mere 
mechanical  doing  of  our  absolute  duty 
can  give  us  no  satisfaction  that  we  are  s:-^ 
divme.    The  Master  pronounced  such   ^, 
lives  as  unprofitable.    In  such  demon-    '^ 
strations  that  our  souls,  that  we,  are 
other  and  greater  than  our  material 
bodies,  we  gain  a  glimpse  of  the  un- 
speakable value  of  life.    This  is  a  prize  <s.>. 
that   we  can   always  and  everywhere   ^ 
carry  with  us,  once  we  have  caught  the   ^  *^^ 
vision.    The  prize  comes  with  the  pos- 
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come  in  a  lump  at  the  end.    It  is  the 
continuous  joy  of  having  character. 

Captain   Scott's   expedition   brought 
back   from    the   South    Pole   valuable 
specimens  of  minerals,  many  collections 
of  great  worth,  much  new  information. 
But  are  those  the  durable  prizes  he  won? 
Disappointed  bitterly,  suffering  cruelly, 
his  companions  dead,  and  the  hand  of 
death   already    on   his   own   shoulder, 
alone,  in  that  awful  cold  and  isolation 
which  he  knew  only  too  well  must  soon 
rob  him  of  his  life,  he  was  thinking  and 
writing  of  what?    Just  words  of  com- 
fort to  the  loved  ones  of  his  lost  com- 
rades.   Nothing  on  earth  that  we  know 
of  can  rival  the  beauty  of  our  heavens 
lit  by  the  matchless  aurora.    Even  its 
glories,  however,  just  because  they  are 
material,  pale  before  such  a  spiritual 
triumph    over    physical    death.    That 
splendid  action  will  remain  a  priceless 
heirloom   for   all   time   for   those   who 
loved  him,  and  a  prize  that  shall  make 
every  man  that  is  a  man  ever  love  him 
for   achieving.     It  gave  him   in   that 
terrible  time  the  only  possible  joy. 
The  prize  is  the  greater  because  all 
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oin  win  It.    The  great  "Titanic,"  her 
sides  gored  by  the  soulless  mountain  of 
ice    plunged  down  in  the  darkness  of 
night  through  the  frigid  water  to  the 
fathomless  abyss  of  the  ocean,  but  a 
half-dozen  musicians  snatched  the  prize 
from  the  very  jaws  of  death,  as  they 
played  to  encourage  and  comfort  others 
Death  could  only  silence  their  earthly 
music.    They  had  won  that  which  shall 
nng  out  through  all  the  ages,  a  prize 
they  could  gain  in  no  other  way.    Nor 
will  the  world  soon  forget  the  superb 
self-abnegation  of  those  engineers  who 
remained  voluntarily  imprisoned  in  the 
bowels  of  the  dnking  ship,   that  she 
might  go  down,  as  she  did,  with  her 
lights  burning.    The  simple  statement, 
Ihe  lights  went  on  to  the  end,"  is 
the    best   evidence   of   how    they    too 
robbed  physical  death  of  its  sting  and 
victory. 

For  our  comfort  we  may  remember, 
however,  that  the  prize  is  not  created 
by  such  extreme  physical  circumstances 
Booker    Washington,    a    ragged     boy 
cleamng  and   recleaning  and  cleaning 

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to  test  his  good  faith,  persisting  long 

after  he  had  done  all  that  the  world 
would  demand  as  his  duty,  marked  out 
one  way  to  win  it.  It  is  nol  the  ex- 
traordinary circumstance  which  makes 
the  hero.  That  only  points  out  the 
hero  for  a  moment. 

The  prize  of  life  is  to  be  won  every 
day.    The  winner  is  always  a  hero;  just 
as  Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the  Cabbage  Patch 
was  a  heroine.    A  lawyer  wins  it  who 
sees  he  can  go  and  does  go  beyond 
merely  convicting  or  freeing  his  client; 
who,  like  Judge  Lindsey,  takes  further 
steps  to  help  him  to  a  new  manhood. 
The  judge  wins  it  who  seeks  so  to  ad- 
minister justice  as  not  to  revenge  but 
to  redeem;  the  doctor  wins  it  who  works 
not  for  his  fees  but  for  ais  patient,  and 
who  seeks  by  his  teachings  to  eliminate 
the   need   for  his   own   services.    The 
banker  wins  it  who  tries  to  safeguard, 
not  his  personal  gain,  but  his  client's 
confidence;    the  merchant  wins  it  who 
rejoices  not  in  his  profits,  but  in  his 
utility  and  the  good  values  he  gives; 
the  educator  who  seeks  to  develop  not 
scholarship    primarily,    but    character; 
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the  housewife  who  hVes.  not  for  personal 
adornment,  but  for  the  grace  and  beauty 
o    her  home;    the  don.estic  who  cares 
first   of  all   for   the   loyal   service   she 
renders,  and  not  for  the  wages  «he  earns. 
To  every  class,  in  every  rank  of  life 
there   comes    the    call.    The   prize    iJ 
obtamed  m  the  act  of  answering  that 

Wealth  an^'^ers  it  by  acknowledging 
i^s  responsibility  in  earnest  distribution 

effort.  The  athlete  answers  it.  not  in 
star  plays,  but  in  team  work;  the 
scholar  not  in  the  conceit  of  leanung. 
but  ,n  skill  and  eagerness  to  impart  h^ 
knowledge;  the  teacher  of  religion,  not 
by  tears  and  texts,"  but  in  "life 
abundant."  ® 

It  is  a  veo'  riot  of  joy,  a  triumph  that 
w  eternal,  this  prize  of  life.  It  has  no 
dependence  on  material  things,  but  it 
needs  and  uses  every  one  of  them. 
Ihe  moments  when  you  really  live." 
said   Drummond,    "are   the    moments 

,oj!^.^°"^«.*^^°g«/°  the  spirit  of 

iove.       This   IS    exactly    the   Master's 

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Men  have  tried  to  make  it  the  way  of 
getting  things  material,  of  submitting 
to  dogmas,  of  practising  barren  asceti- 
cism;   often  seeking  it  by  the  way  of 
cruelty  and  selfishness  and  bloodshed; 
while  all  the  time  it  is  the  way  of 
Uught  in  the  Book  of  life,  by  the  Bread 
of  life  and  the  Water  of  life,  that  we 
on  earth  might  have  Life  aboundii^. 
Perhaps    the   most   pathetic  comment 
ever  ut      -d  was  made  by  that  very 
human  man  who  loved  and  was  loved 
by  the  Master,  to  the  worid  which  was 
rejecting  the  prize,  "You  have  killed 
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The  When  op  Life 

n«e  It  the  better— our  life  is  «  fi^ 
«  museum  where  „e  .re  on  show"  * 
e«n  for  the  money.     We  aiJ  «II  I  - 

.^efti,  ??■■"-■"•"  «'!!"t  i"; 

»  the  ,„ve  that  enle.'^/.^Tr'" 

*   ««  still  empincisls  bound  to  exDeri 
C'"™'?"''"«»tmateria°ST 

^ew  I?  ir"'  **"  °"^''"''  Wo«  we 
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only  because  we  have  tried  them  and 
not   found   them   wanting.     It   is   still 
practically  an  uncharted  coast  which  I 
navigate  from  the  time  the  sea  opens 
up  in  the  spring,  till  it  finally  closes  in 
the  irresistible  bords  of  winter,  and  I 
have  struck  many  shoals,  and  I  have 
suffered  not  a  little  in  mind  and  pocket. 
But  if  I  had  waited  for  absolute  knowl- 
edge, I  should  never  have  started,  and 
my  chance  for  the  prize  would  have 
been  lost.    Moreover,  others  in  other 
ways  have   been   winning  out   at   the 
same  time  in  the  same  water.    I  re- 
member a  boy  at   school   who  never 
would  enter  a  race  if  he  did  not  feel 
sure  he  would  win.     He  lost  the  love 
and   respect   of   us   all,   besides   many 
material  prizes.    He  was  a  "poor  sport," 
in  our  English  parlance.     It  is  manful 
and    natural    to    love    sport.     This    is 
partly  what  made  me  hate  the  painted 
windows  in  our  church.    It  made  Paul 
dress  up  like  a  woman,  he  who  had 
"fought  a  good  fight";   and  I  wanted 
my  Christ  to  be  the  captain  of  the  foot- 
ball team,  and  "on  the  eleven."     I  just 
could  not  love  Him  if  He  would  only 

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books  I  loved  were  "The  Men  nV  a  *• 
Series"    TK^k  ^ '^^  ^^^n  of  Action 

viBlanS     "  J-    *  ™«P"  ""durance, 

mSte^'  ''''*"'^^-  "''""y:  »<!  «eB. 

The  glory  „f  it  all  fe  that  that  is  ex 

ae  ly  the  way  Christ  telh  us  to  win  o^J 

Pme.    Think  of  the  fun  of  hjl     Z^ 

-meeallaballetdanceoratan^t!: 
he  j^  ie  vi^er    It    is    Jj    X 

3<ne    '"tk  which  I  am  at  issue  ,0^1 

of  I  '-'T*^  ""  "«'"«"'  ^atWactLn 
of  physical  victoo'.    I  can  still  feeme 
throb  of  pride  that  stirred  me  when  I 
found  myself  chosen  to  reprTsent  my 
Umversity    on    their    football    team 
Every  atUete  knows  it.  and  knowHt" 
s  a  true  ,oy.    ft  i,  the  restrictioT  .^f 
the  word  nrre  to  which  I  „bje,.t.  4ea« 
and  texts;    texts  and  tears "  stood  Z 
felwon,  as  General  Baden-Powells  jd 
he  who  made  the  world  laugh  atThe 

a.i   the  lSt.^r^\^ZZ 

[17] 


J^\!vi 


Si; 


4[; 


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M 


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It': 

Mr? 


<■  i<^      »• — rX- 


-lfc^^:$t^=^l'^>^^ 


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went  wild  with  the  fever.    They  called 
it  "Mafeking"   instead    of    "Tango." 
The  prize  is  the  "Mafeking"  in   the  jT^| 
real  fight  of  life.  W</}. 

The  daily  joy  of  honest,  hard-won  J^))'^ 
victory.  Think  of  it  —  a  victory  which  i^ 
builds  up  and  does  not  destroy,  which  ^^ 
does  not  kill,  but  makes  alive.  Think  5% 
of  the  awful  sweetness  of  the  prize  in  >  ^ 
the  winning.  Only  direst  necessity  v/^^ 
drives  men  to  turn  into  cash  a  trophy  Mf 
once  won.  Anyhow,  you  couldn't  cash  ^-m 
laurel  leaves.  The  "Pots"on  our  shelves  ^^ 
do  not  give  us  joy  because  of  their  avoir-  .^^^ 
dupois  of  rare  metals,  but  for  the  flood-  '^ 
gates  of  memories  they  open  up.  The 
world    and    General    Gordon    are    the 


richer  because  love  was  the  necessity  t;^ 


that  made  him  send  to  the  melting-pot 

his   great   Memorial   Gold   Medal,   to  f)'M 

m 

all  just  "toe  the  line,"  and  keep. step 
with  the  Leader.     But  if  it  is  all  so 


help  out  in  the  Chinese  famine  fund. 
That  is  Christ's  way.    To  win  we  must 


c.7.f-:i 


joyful,  and  its  satisfactions  are  so 
durable,  why  isn't  Fis  service  already 
universal,  why  hasn't  His  Kingdom  yet 
come? 

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THK    DAI  LY   JO 


V   OF    HONKST.    HAUD-WOX    VI 


CT 


OHY     I 


ii; 


THE    PRIZE    OF   LIFE 

x}^  ,  Why?  Why?  Whv?    Sf.-n  *u 

family  went  into  the  Church."    On« 

tJ^ttheM^te'dl^de^^-^-M 
i?  ^s^oZ^^h^  P-e  of  Ufe  d^  ^ 

iM,  Sf?  ""^^  ''=  ■•»«^e  that  the  prSdoTI  ^ 
W\  7„  "'  r-:?.  '^  "ndet.tanding'^  ""^  ^ 
^■^        cC't^^fr'^''^°with     t 


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r .^^  o.  suon  Willie  axro  with 

give  it   UD?    Tf   ,•«  V-n-  ^       °  *  ^'°" 

Ji'Js    ill       ri!      ,'^^'-    He  had  been  temhlv  V'" 
|<i^   >«    wth   aleoholic   deUriun..    H^^  |f! 


i.'i  V^ 


— ^^vife;^ 


iX/ 


THE    PRIZE    OF    LIFE  • '> 

suffered  untold  physical  agonies  by 
having  drunk  methyl  alcohol,  because 
he  was  unable  to  get  at  whisky  for  the 
moment.  "I've  done  with  it  forever," 
he  replied.  "Wild  horses  would  not 
I  make  me  touch  it  again.  I  know  it  is 
killing  me."  "You  will?  If  you  will 
let  me,  I  will  stand  by  and  help  you. 
Here's  my  hand,"  I  replied. 

But  he  returned  to  it.  Why?  Why? 
Is  that  what  you  ask?  Because  he  had 
ruined  his  own  will  power.  But  surely 
he  must  have  seen  what  he  was  losing? 
■^^  He  must  have  realized  that  everything 
which  makes  the  world  sweet  and  beauti- 
ful and  desirable  and  tolerable  and  not    a^^ 


Ty 


'^,^  a  miserable  mockery  of  the  devil,  hung 
in  the  balance? 

No,  that  is  just  what  he  could  not  do. 
Wisdom  had  vanished;  the  man  had 
gone  blind  and  could  not  see.  One  of 
my  first  patients  in  Labrador  was  a 
man  who  could  not  see.  A  lancet,  a  few 
drops  of  cocaine,  a  day  or  two  in  a  dark 
room,  and  he  saw  again.  I  can  see  him 
now  as  he  sat  writing.  He  literally 
followed  in  the  footsteps  of  Bartimseus. 
He  got  up  and  he  walked.    But  who 

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could  make  this  other  man  with  soul- 
bhndness  see?    That  sight  comes  from 
above.     Another  poor  lad  was  brought 
to  me  with  both  eyes  injured  by  L 
both   irretrievably   ruined.     There   are 
cases  of  blindness  of  the  physical  eye 
Which  no  man  can  cure.    After  he  left 
our  hospital,  this  poor  fellow  painfully 
begged  and  worked  his  way  all  the  long 
journey  to  the  shrine  of  St.  Anne  de 
Beaupre^   But  he  did  not  get  his  sight 
there.    God  allows  incurable  blindnfss. 
But  spiritual  blindness  is  wilful     Per 
haps    the   physically    blind   receive   in 
c^pensation  more  of  the  prize  of  life. 
Who  has  a  right  to  pity  Helen  Keller 
whose  sweet  soul,  barred  into  its  cages 
of  deafness,   dumbness  and  blindness, 
flows  over  with  the  real  things  of   life 
and  IS  conscious  of  the  prize  of  being  a 
blessing  to  the  world? 

Why  do  not  all  men  get  that  vision? 
Well  we  know  now  that  we  comprehend 
so  httle,  that  we  are  not  even  staggered 
by  this  great  eternal  question.  We  are 
at  least  humbly  grateful  that  it  has  not 
pleased  God  to  make  us  automata,  or 
condemn  us  to  the  perpetual  resentment 

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THE    PRIZE    OF    LIFE 

of  a  conscript  people.  He  has  left  his 
athletes  some  little  rags  of  dignity.  We 
dont  run  naked  to  our  shame.  What 
prize  would  there  be  if  every  man  were 
forced  to  win  it?  Think  of  the  piteous 
satisfaction  of  carrying  off  a  trophy  which 
we  had  been  driven  against  our  wishes 
to  strive  for. 

Faith  being  then  the  prize  winner, 
will  and  wishes  have  more  to  do  with 
this  matter  than  many  will  allow.  For 
we  have  learnt  that  there  is  a  "will  to 
believe."  If  there  is  ever  such  a  phe- 
nomenon as  a  soul  claiming  never  to 
have  had  a  chance,  I  should  like  to  see 
it;  and  I  should  not  sorrow  for  it. 
For  that  is  God's  chance,  and  I  know 
what  His  will  is  on  a  question  like  that 
—  that  every  man  should  win. 

There  is  an  old  tale  which  will  bear 
repetition.  Man  had  conceived  a  most 
damnable  lie.  He  conceived  that  his 
God  of  love  had  created  some  men  on 
purpose  to  make  them  "lost  souls." 
It  puzzled  the  poor  native,  and  he  could 
not  and  would  not  consent  to  such  a 
revolt  of  his  reason.  "It  is  easy  to 
understand,"  said  his  friend,  with  that 
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THE    PRIZE    OF   LIFE 
wisdom  which  is  from  on  hi«h     "  WI, 

p.;    J     ,.        "  ^^  candidates 

The  ballot  i:c:j,:f,-^^^^^ 

way  will  you  vote?         "  ^''"^-     ^^ich 

The  question  as  fn  "u 
"How  late"  tK        •     .    ^°^  ^*>on     or 

only  answer  men  of  We  f^I"  "  "" 
accept  as  adequate  T  >  ™°  ^"^ 
««atest  n>isS  in  Z  ^  ""^  "'  «>« 

be  than  ^i'  ^"^  -  .be. 

«la«vely  in  the  field -1  IL'M'''"^ 
<'"«btt„,.,„,,,^^-<'wb.eh^^e 


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THE    PRIZE    OF    LIFE 

persuade  us  we  are  permanently  dis- 
qualified or  out  of  the  running?  What 
can  permanently  separate  us  from  the 
source  of  power  to  win?  Shall  life,  or 
death,  or  any  other  thing?  No.  No. 
"When"  can  only  possibly  be  answered 
by  "Hope"  —  and  Hope  is  eternal  till 
lost  in  realization. 

Think  then  of  a  race  in  which  it  is 
never  too  late  to  be  a  winner,  of  a  battle 
in  which  we  have  always  left  a  chance 
of  being  victor.  Think  of  a  prize  which 
grows  greater  and  only  grows  greater 
as  we  possess  it,  and  which  itself  enables 
us  to  make  it  grow  yet  endlessly  greater 
still.  This  d  ?s  not  encourage  delay 
—  it  ceaselessly  demands  immediate 
decision. 

Though  we  cannot  always  exactly 
answer  th^  question  "Why  we  started" 
or  even,  perhaps,  when  we  started,  yet 
giving  a  reason  is  nearly  sure  to  be  the 
directest  way  to  inspire  confidence. 
We  hate  to  be  forced  and  driven  along 
any  road  in  life.  Yet  we  become  con- 
scious that  go  we  must,  and  either  seek- 
ing a  reason  must  own  it  to  be  faith  and 
act  on  that,  or  else  we  must  just  drift 
[«4] 


>('■*-■ 


THE    PRIZE   OP   liPE 
on  the  "TiUnio"  aT'       '"^  P"P'e 

out  into  ,LX*T«:"'';°«*' 

fortable.    Some,  even  ^iT,!,      f""" 
we  ha4  eS  n"  hT''™  '""'  """ 
needs.    wTS'  1  ""  ^""°'"  '"^ 


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■  -» --    V,.: 


PART  III 
The  How  of  Life 

EjNOUGH  of  the  vision  may  be  ours, 
both  as  joncerns  our  intellects  or  our 
real  selves,  to  enable  us  to  abandon  our 
querulous  "Whys?"  and  busy  ourselves 
with  the  more  practical  "How?"  The 
stage  of  asking  "why?"  is  like  the  man 
who  takes  the  field,  and  kicks  off  the 
ball.  The  real  players  in  the  game  are 
those  who  are  entirely  concerned  with 
"How?"  Why  should  we  care  so  much 
to  win  in  physical  fields,  seeing  that 
often  enough  it  is  our  own  brother  who 
is  the  captain  of  the  opposing  team? 

When  first  we  introduced  football 
into  Labrador,  it  had  to  be  mutually 
agreed  before  the  game  that  neither  side 
should  win;  and  we  saw  the  unusual 
spectacle  of  the  side  which  had  been 
scored  against,  solemnly  allowed  to 
walk  across  the  field  and  kick  a  goal  to 
save  them  the  feeling  of  being  beaten. 

Of  course  Tre  want  to  win,  and  we  do 
not  want  to  be  beaten,  and  therefore 
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V-J 


rvti 


THE    PRIZE    OF    LIFE 

H  must  be  more  than  worth  while  to 
be  concerned    with    H...    i„  *  . 

"How?"    Th;    •  ^"^  question. 

For  U  is  no       ",  '  f':''^'"^  ^"*"'*'«"- 
'or  It  IS  no  gooil  ask  ng  it  whi-n  ♦!.« 

«h.p  is  taking  her  last  dive,  when  ^^^^ 

it  Lra^oir^'"^  "'^'  ^^^^  *^- 

Here  is  the  problem  tumbhng  about 
my   knees   ,.   I   write.     God   has   en 
inisted  me  with  the  hVes  of  two  bo^; 
Of  course  I  want  them  to  win.     Yes 
to  w,n  everything  that  it  is  possible  for 

Th!7  -    Z'    *  "  ^^^^'^^^^  I  Jove  them 

i^'t  this  .ne'.:::;, ;  "v;?;.:^"- 

■  '  man,  «hat  sort  of  citLn  r»n  I     k 

E5  r-' -- -^'^^^ 

I  can  .ec  why  that  should  not  bH" 


\^ii>^o^J^ 


II 


-•T^'r\>Vl-'V- 


_.*_*  vu  '--t^  /v^:  .\  r^  yT'-?^  ' 


THE    PRIZE    OF    LIFE 

desirable  between  horses  as  between 
men,  and  both  of  my  hands  go  up  for- 
ever for  clean  competition.  For  that's 
one  answer  to  the  question  "How?" 
"Corpus  sanum"  has  always  been  ad- 
mitted to  be  an  important  step  on  the 
road  to  "mens  sana";  just  as  we  are 
sure  that  it  is  the  road  which  Christ 
trod,  and  would  have  us  tread  too,  if  we 
are  to  gain  Heaven's  gate.  The  attitude 
which  is  despicable  is  that  of  the  man 
who  recognizes  amoral  danger  or  evil,  and 
does  not  at  once  seek  to  try  and  stop  it. 
That  man  must  be  branded  a  coward. 
A  young  missionary  doctor,  working 
in  an  isolated  mountain  village  in  Persia, 
was  surrounded  by  twenty  thousand 
Kurdish  rifles.  He  had  been  instru- 
mental in  saving  the  life  of  the  Chief's 
son  by  a  skilful  surgical  operation. 
He  was  safe  enough  personally,  but  he 
knew  that  worse  than  extinction  awaited 
his  neighbors.  He  owed  them  no  debt 
according  to  ordinary  standards,  but  he 
realized  their  danger,  and  rode  through 
a  shower  of  lead  to  the  Kurdish  head- 
quarters, pleaded  for  the  village,  and 
saved  their  lives  and  property.  The 
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Is 


THE    PRIZE    OP   LIFE 

P"'''  y,"'  I"'^-  How?  He  was  awake 
to  see  the  danger,  and  he  wa.  faithfullv 
'earless.  He  caught  the  vision  of  tt 
opportunity  and  aeted  upon  it.  Ve 
the  man  who  sees  an  evil  and  doe-  no.' 

what  I  heard  h,ra  ealled  the  other  day 
a  traitor  and  an  anarchist. "    I  had 

mo"r:tVrT"«™"'''"»Bau' 
more  to  hear  Graham  Taylor  of  the 
Chicago  Vice  Commission  speak  before 
the  Baltimore  Civic  Club  He  weM 
on  to  say.  "  Vice  must  not  be  rec^g„T^^' 

rted-'^wfri;'    ^'"-"-eaS 

ated.       What  he  said  appealed  to  the 

sense  of  chivaliy  i„  that  roimful  o  men 

a  chivalry  which  the  centuries  are  „„"" 

eeing   extinguished   because   we   wear 

gauntlets  and  greaves  and  coats  of  mail 
On  the  contrary,  the  Christ-breezT  s 
fenmng  the  spark  into  flame,  and  the 
things  that  wm  not  stand  fire  are  be 
guimng   to   be   consumed     Tl,.. 
and  bloodshed  and  CttoJot^Zl 
men  should  be  the  symbol  of  g,o^™;^ 
greatness  we  r«^niV.  now  as  be7ngtag 
to  the  period  of  the  soul's  infanev 


t. 

I 

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*^r'^'  .y>i'i:-^'^.-'^^:^^'7fiu. 


v^>■X'l-"'^■■•A■'■•■^ 


THE    PRIZE    OF    LIFE 

A  short  while  ago  I  was  standing 
opposite  the  statue  of  Kosciuszko  in 
Washington.  My  friend  of  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court  who  was  with  me  sud- 
denly remarked,  "We  are  just  beginning 
to  be  sorry  that  all  these  statues  of 
fighting  men  should  monopolize  this 
beautiful  square.  We  want  diflferent 
ideals  nowadays  with  which  to  sur- 
round our  children.  We  want  them  to 
learn  to  appreciate  the  victories  of  the 
men  of  peace,  and  to  learn  to  covet 
their  ideals  and  achievements." 

It  is  natural  for  the  young  to  love 
contest  and  victory,  but  how  shall  they 
be  directed  towards  winning  the  real 
prize  of  life?  Christ's  way  again.  Let 
the  young  drink  in  from  their  infancy 
the  idea  that  fighting  is  right,  so  long 
as  it  is  a  battle  to  raise  up,  and  not  to 
knock  down;  fighting  not  for  self,  or 
against  another  man,  but  for  another 
man.  Christ's  call  is  just  that  splendid 
call  which,  like  that  of  the  Jodeler  in 
the  Alps,  brings  forth  the  clearest  and 
sweetest  echoes.  It  is  not  the  "call  of 
the  wild,"  nor  is  it  the  call  of  the  tame 
and  uninteresting,  as  some  people  pre- 
[30] 


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THE    PRIZE    OP    LIPE 

tend  to  think  it.     It  is  the  disi  met,  clear 
call  of  the  world  to  its  service 

«f '^!;^Vr^'*^^^'  ''^''^^'  '*"  the  range 
of  the  CQ.D    and  the  S.O.S.  calls  o 
the  penshmg  "Titanic  "     But  not  all 
answered.    A  while  ago  I  was  asked  to 

r^'Th°  ^^^^  «f/tudents  at  a  dinner 
on  The  Choice  of  a  Calling."  Words 
seem  sometimes  to  have  so  selected 
themselves  that  they  force  the  users 
of  them  to  stop  and  think.     These  men 

had  to  admit  that  the  world  is  calling 
each  of  us.  and  that  our  answer  is  a  matter 
of  choice.    Here  then  is  another  "How  " 

at  sea  her  wireless  calls  for  help  brought 
a  fleet  of  vessels  round  her.  Not  one 
withm  hearing  distance  failed  to  answer. 
The  lesson  of  the  "Titanic"  had  ,  n 
learned.  They  were  awake  to 
vigilant  to  see. 

How  is  the  young  soul  to  be  awakened? 
vvhat  IS  the  message  that  shall  reach 
the  ear  or  the  magic  wand  which  shall 
reveal  to  the  eye  the  prize  in  its  beauty 
so  that  youth  shall  long  to  make  every 
sacnfiee  to  gain  it.P  Words,  sermons 
andhomihes?  What  vision  of  the  value 
(sij 


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THE    PRIZE    OF    LIFE 

of  purity  can  he  bear  whose  own  life  is 
impure?    Wliat  conviction  of  the  truth 
of    the   blessedness   of   giving   can   he 
bring    whose    every   act   is  mean   and 
sordid?    Can  any  combination  of  sounds  ; 
and  signs  induce  self-sacrifice,  if  it  is 
known  that  the  utterer  of  these  is  him- 
self cruel  and  vile?    We  do  not  expect 
a  refreshing  draught  from  a  poisoned 

stream. 

What  shall  we  do  then?    How  then 
can  the  soul  be  reached?     Christ's  way. 
"If  ye   will   not  believe  me   (for   my 
word's  sake),  believe  me  then  for  the 
very  work's  sake;"  "Ye  that  have  seen 
me,  have  seen  the  Father,  and  ye  shall 
be  one,  even  as  the  Father  and  I  are 
one."    The  Christ  living  in  us,  working 
in  us,  till  he  looks  out  from  our  eyes,  and 
shines  in  our  faces,  and  men  take  knowl- 
edge of  us  that  we  have  been  with  Jesus 
and  learned  of  Him.     That  is  "how." 
The  "Why?"  must   be   answered   by 
Faith;  the  "When?"  by  Hope,  and  the 
"  How?  "  by  Love.    Thus  is  Christ  "  the 
way  "  and  thus  Faith,  Hope,  and  Love 
the   triune    prize    of    life -truly    the 
greatest  of  all  its  wondrous  gifts. 
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